Association between traffic-related air pollution and asthma in preschool children in a national Japanese nested case–control study

نویسندگان

  • Hideki Hasunuma
  • Tosiya Sato
  • Tsutomu Iwata
  • Yoichi Kohno
  • Hiroshi Nitta
  • Hiroshi Odajima
  • Toshimasa Ohara
  • Takashi Omori
  • Masaji Ono
  • Shin Yamazaki
  • Masayuki Shima
چکیده

OBJECTIVES There has been little study on the effect of traffic-related air pollution on the incidence and persistence of asthma in preschool children. We evaluated the association of exposure to traffic-related air pollution with the incidence/persistence of asthma during the first 3 years of life using a population-based study. METHODS A baseline survey was conducted in 1½-year-old children (n=63,266). A follow-up survey at 3 years of age (n=43,343) identified new-onset asthma cases (n=853) and persistence of asthma (n=214). In the prevalence/persistence study, the outdoor concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and elemental carbon (EC) at home during the first 1½ years of life were estimated by a dispersion model. In the nested case-control study, which regarded incidence of asthma as cases, the personal exposure levels were estimated by dispersion model including time-activity pattern. RESULTS There was no statistically significant association between the incidence of asthma between age 1½ and 3 years and personal exposure levels to NOx nor EC. However, the persistence of asthmatic symptoms (between 1½ and 3  ears) was significantly associated with outdoor concentrations of NOx. ORs for the persistence of asthmatic symptoms were 6.02 (95% CI 1.51 to 23.92) for the comparison between the upper 5th and lower 25th centiles of NOx. CONCLUSIONS While no statistically significant association was observed for the incidence of asthma, the persistence of asthmatic symptoms in preschool children was significantly associated with traffic-related air pollution. This supports its importance as a risk factor in childhood airway disease.

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دوره 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016